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whether we call them maga republicans or trump republicans, i think it is smart and strategic them awn research backs that up. geoff: i've had a lot of conversations with democra about this very thing, messaging. one person told me, they said democrats are always at a disadvantage because they have to be focused on policy and democrats are expected to be intellectually honest. republicans tend to message, this person said, around fear and the culture wars, which is an easier way to excite the base. does any democrat have the power, the capacity to formulate a message that excites people? anat: i frequently tell my colleagues, my clients, do not take your policy out in public, it is unseemly. your policy should not be your message. your message should be about what your policy delivers. whether or not democrats have the stomach to actually contrast -- some democrats do, and clearly biden is moving in that direction. one thing we see over and over ain, republicans have no trouble naming villains. the name of their game is scapegoating. they pick some group to whom they ascribe as "othe

republican side. you have had donald trump against sitting republican governors but trump as necessary had success in that, his bids to essentially kick out incumbent republican governors in primaries. the race tonight is a most high profile of those here but i agree and does feel like there's much more action on the republican side. there's been a lot more republican participation in the primaries on the republican side compared to the democratic side. >> host: the all-important turnout numbers. >> guest: i don't know if primary turnout is predictive of november outcomes but if your belief going into the primaries is that republicans are more engaged, this is a republican leaning your, nothing but the primary turnout which we offer that idea. then the texas runoff tonight. guest: you have a member of the bush family, george p. bush any for state attorney general in texas. an underdog to ken paxton who is the sitting republican attorney general in that state. there's also a primary in texas 28th which is the south texas seat. those of been trending towards republicans particularly in 2020. so you've g

and said that there is a bunch of retch can trump voters that are not -- a republican trump voters thatill not be a 30% difference. the big question is what does the margin look like. and the secretary of state race, brad raffensperger, the incumbent who certified the 2020 election with the chagrin of donald trump, and he has a republican backed challenger and if the former president were to try to run again, potential certification of georgia's election results, it could be much watched and will there be a brad raffensperger there who will certify like he did in 2020 or a jodi heist who has propagated the election conspiracies? >> complete coverage of all of the primaries all day and all evening on msnbc. and joining us from pre-dawn, huntsville alabama, we appreciate it and talk to you again soon. >>> still ahead on "way too early," i will be joined by an infectious disease doctor to talk about the two big health stories right now, covid and now monkey pox. we'll be right back. ♪ emotion ♪ ♪ sweet emotion ♪ ♪♪ ♪ i pulled into town in a police car ♪ ♪♪ ♪your daddy said i took it just a

a trump republican has to be divisive. >> i will say the opposite. d, i have not changed. we are the same hard-working christian constitution, american patriotic, that is the base of the republican party. >> you don't think there is a difference between the ronald reagan republican and the donald trump republican? john: much of ohio, especially rural areas, seems to be trump country. at places like nana and papa's there's no doubt about trump's influence on this primary election. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in thornville, ohio. ♪ judy: every night more than 3 million people tune in to tucker carlson's show on the fox news channel, the most-watched cable news show last year. a new analysis from the new york times explores how carlson is using his platform. amnaawaz has more. amna: as the new york times describes it, for the past five years and more than 1100 hours of tv carlson's ratings success , has been built by weaponizing "fears and grievances" of his audience to create --quote-- "what may be the most racist show in the history of cable ne

john: last month, in delaware, ohio, trump personally blessed vance's candidacy in the republican primaryis guy? mr. trump: if you want to deliver a historic victory for america first here in ohio, jd vance is your guy. john: that surprised people because jd vance used to be a self-proclaimed never trumper. in an interview that year with judy woodruff about his best-selling memoir, judy woodruff asked vance about hillary clinton's description of trump supporters as “a basket of deplorables.” judy: is there something to what she said, or is she completely off-base? >> i think it is probably both. there is an element of donald trump's support that has its basis in racism or xenophobia. john: he was asked about his previous comments. >> i can't get past how much you hated trump. >> i liked a lot of what he talked about and stood for. i think you can see the full spectrum of how i felt about it. >> how concerned are you about skepticism today? >> some people are skeptical and some are not and we will win the race. john: afterward, she was unconvinced. >> you can only sell yourself a certain d

trump. the marquee race of the night, the republican senate showdown in the swing state of penn which is goingown to the wire. trump's pick, mehmet oz was deemed the front runner in a three-way contest and now is neck and neck with dave mccormick and the race is too close to call. john fetterman will get the nomination sdiet being in the hospital. he had a stroke and underwent surgery to install a pacemaker with a defibulator but the expensive senate showdown capturing the attention in pennsylvania. take a listen. >> unfortunately we are not going to have resolution tonight but we can see the path ahead and victory ahead. it is all because of you. >>> we are making a ferocious charge. >> cnn christian holmes picks up the story from pittsburgh. >> while the mccormick campaign watches that campaign between he and mehmet oz grow smaller and smaller they like the way that the map is trending and in areas they thought oz would do better, they are overperforming. an area where oz is doing well they would have anticipated given that it is trump country. they are looking at the mail-in ballots and thi

trump. ideas on whether there is space in the republican party in georgia and around the country to be a conservative, to be someone else up was lunchrooms policies, but does not support donald trump every step of the way. that's the very narrow path that biden -- excuse me, brian kemp has been trying to carve with this huge feud going on against donald trump. we've seen the purdue put them at the very center of his campaign. and that is not even enough to knock off this governor. it hasn't been enough to slow down this governor. and so, david perdue did not do more than that. he did not do enough. and we're in for the voting vote, they're so tired of this narrative. they want to look forward, they don't older black anymore. i live for doing all job are only looking back. >> two career, brian kemp, and his former vp, i want to share what trump said today about pence. his one-time vice president, not supporting the guy trump wants to see loose. rank up. >> i'm very disappointed, in mike. he disappointed me. he had a great opportunity. >> on one hand, you don't have to be that race to back ryan come. h

trump. one loss records, if you only re-completely a zero sum about winning. all republicansn 2024. don trump has lost for himself, and former republicans, pretty much every step of the way starting in 2016. and, it's sort of amazing to me that there are not more republicans who are willing to lay out how much he has lost. he has been the first republican -- he's been the first the president in 100 years to lose the house, the senate, and the white house in a single term. he was the first president in 100 years to lose jobs. he left office with historically low approval ratings. he lost to joe biden, and we know a lot of people the republican party do not acknowledge that. they claim not to believe that. but, it's in fact true that he lost. is a story room. and they know that. if people are going to try -- if republicans are going to try to come up with an alternative, and if you're, right as unclear if they do or not, they want to do this. it is incumbent upon them to do this at a very early stage of the 24 campaign. >> yes, and 100 percent agree with everything you just sai

>> clearly, trump isn't is the dominant strain of the republican parting. f these primaries, yes former president trump has lost some of his candidate's. but for the most part, it's not as if the old style traditional republican candidate, had some wide scale resurgence. this is really trump's party, whether they go for his candidate or not ideologically it's his party. >> yeah, i made the point earlier as well that there are no more never trumpers, no one's running on an anti trump campaign in anywhere in the republican party that i know of. liz cheney is the last person standing, we'll see how she fares come november. congresswoman, before we go you're a senior adviser, -- tell us about your work and what you have to see done with gun reform, i mean it's obviously front and center in our congress right now, we hope it becomes that way in our political discourse as well, as we've seen time and time again, weeks from now it's probably gonna fall by the wayside? >> yeah, let me just say that we've been working relentlessly on this issue, before buffalo, befor

. >> and kevin mccarthy, thest a testament to donald trump's continued influence over the republican party, which trump obviously cares about as much as anything else. every time kevin mccarthy has to bow and scrape to donald trump, it just reenforces the fact that trump has this grip on the republican party. trump, i think, loves this ongoing narrative. i think maggie is right, there's a long ways between now and the next congress. i think it's uncertain where the far right's loyalties are going to be. that was why kevin mccarthy was not offered the speaker when he tried previously six years ago. i think it's still an open question, and we'll see what happens between now and then. part of the challenge, though, is that there's just not a lot of people who can do that job. john bay nor couldn't do the job, paul ryan couldn't do the job. kevin mccarthy is going to try next. the larger issue is trying to govern a caucus that's ungovernable as we get the book, which is out tuesday. this is a party now which is just very difficult to contain, and trump obviously is a huge driver of that.

he's using stacey evans as a sort of arch villain, who can galvanize republicans, whether pro trump republicanseir fury to the ballot box. and he once he has not let up one so -- even with a poll showing him what about the 50% mark brian kemp once to win close the door shut, nail the coffin shot on david perdue's political career tomorrow. >> well, also doesn't want to run off? >> we know how that's gonna go. purdue says, i'm gonna run as an independent. he keeps pounding all the way through the fall. this is a very precarious time, obviously for the sake republican party. they could blow this. they could blow this on a lot of levels. and they're just running against stacey abrams. they're running basically against stacey abrams and raphael warnock, extremely popular people. and they still have the herschel walker they're gonna have to deal with. brian kemp we want to run with him. this may not be as easy for republicans as it was in 2018. >> look, the maga thing, it's a very very registered. but it's not gonna be a not interesting grace. i mean, you're gonna have a black constituents that are

trump endorsed republican congressman ted budd, against a former judge terry beasley, in idaho we saw a trump endorsement failed today, government -- allegedly his right, there you see is not even close. and we begin this hour, as we did the last, and we do so many moments of election night, with kornacki at the big board. steve? >> it is the closest thing we've been following all night, this republican primary for the senate in pennsylvania. this is not gonna sound like a lot, but it's significant. the website in montgomery county, and we've been telling you how these websites sometimes -- no one has not yet. these websites come up with new numbers out, before they actually get into our system, it is again the case here in montgomery county. folks montgomery, county have just within the last minute or to put up a new update on their website of more votes being counted. again barnette and oz both list-- home county on the ballot, they've been running 12 here, the bottom line from this new update from montgomery, we should get into our system pretty quickly, is that oz is going to net

donald trump's chosen candidate, the former senator david perdue, the man on the left, who lost to john ossoff last year, is challenging the current republicantrump hates, because he believes that kemp refused to overturn joe biden's victory in georgia. david perdue is pushing donald trump's big lie that the election was stolen. that's why donald trump has campaigned vigorously for purdue, including appearing on a local radio show today, spewing these lies. >> they tried to put out some sort of fake news about me losing faith in david. and i'll tell you what, if you know david, you don't lose faith in him. i think a big, big surprises going to be tomorrow. it's much closer than the fake news wants you to believe. it's called suppression polling. >> suppression polling. the suppression polling that donald trump is talking about is a recent fox news poll, showing brian kemp, ahead by 32 points. brian kemp has a bigger lead than david perdue has percentage points. david perdue is already claiming that he might not accept the results, showing that republicans are not just winning to subvert elections that are won by democrats. they're also willi

oz who was endorsed by former president trump vying for the republican nomination in pennsylvania's hotlytested senate race. the contest is widely considered another high-profile test of trump's power over his party in the midterms. here's abc's political director rick klein. >> reporter: juju, some of the biggest primary voting of the year so far, some of the biggest surprises. start in pennsylvania where the senate race right now, we just don't have enough information to make a projection. looks like between dr. oz and dave mccormack. that means kathy barnett is fading a bit. she may have had an impact and this is what we're seeing so far. dr. oz really strong in northeastern part of the state where donald trump did very well two years ago. over in the west, a big night for dave mccormack, picking up votes even in democratic areas. kathy barnett cutting into both of them in the suburbs of philadelphia where a lot of the vote is outstanding. it might be things are split that even donald trump wasn't able to get his candidate over the finish line. the headline of the night may be north ca

in these republican primaries it's like a race between trump, trumper, and trumpist. umpist category oftentimes is going to get the closest look. because voters, republican voters want their candidates to say no. no to everything. especially donald trump tells them to say no. that's what he said about the infrastructure bill. trump used to, you know, trump was for infrastructure. just not biden's infrastructure bill. and so even that is something that for west virginia is so important. voters do not want their members to comprise with a democratic administration or a democratic senate or house. >> is there a message out of nebraska or just you had a, you know, candidate race and the candidate endorsed by the governor. this is the front page in lincoln today. jim is an businessman. a former -- a friend of the existing governor. >> he was endorsed by the governor who is popular. you saw it. and he had the accusations against him which plays into this. it's a state, too, you saw don bacon won his primary. he is someone trump criticized. it is a state that has backed busin

chair when donald trump was president. became the republicanyalty to trump. all four of the candidates really have gone hard after donald trump and his supporters. what's interesting is this name right here. this is the wild card tonight. matt dolan. trump said he kind of likes all of the candidates. he's attacked matt dolan in the last couple weeks. he issued statements. he said that's the one candidate he does not want to win this primary. dolan is the one candidate who has condemned donald trump over his actions on and around january 6th. he said that trump perpetuated lies about the 2020 election. and there was a moment in a debate between all of the candidates when they were asked, raise your hand if you think that donald trump should stop talking about the 2020 election, one candidate raised his hand. he has earned the ire of trump. and there's some indications of the polling in the final days of this campaign, of movement in dolan's direction. it's interesting if mandel, gibbons and vance, if they split up the vote. does it open up a lan

and 58% said they were supportive of donald trump versus the republican party. p didn't do that great. he did perfectly fine. on the democratic side, i think a key number we can look at is congressional approval rating among democrats. back in february, 2021, democrats loved what was going on in congress. 61% approved of congress doing a good job. now look march of '22, democrats don't like congress very much. and i think that is part of the reason someone like kurt schrader is in trouble because democrats are fed up with the moderation and begging and pleading with republicans to work with them. >> and there's some big primaries next week, especially in georgia. what do these trends predict about that? >> well, i would say that donald trump doesn't exactly like what's going on in the state of georgia. a place i was just at by the way last week. i was seeing my second cousin once removed for his bar matz voir dire. >> >> unless the polls are way off, he's going to win the primary. this is a fox news poll that broke at 6:00. i thought it was a great idea. look at

endorsing against sitting republican governors but trump hasn't necessary had success in bids to essentially kicked out incumbent republican governors in primaries. the race to make his most hope profiles. >> host: . there's also been a lot more republican participation in the primaries on the republican side compared to the democratic side. i don't necessarily know if primary turnout is predictive of november outcomes but if your belief going into the primaries is that republicans are more engaged, nothing about the primary turnout would turn you off of that idea. >> host: don't want to leave out the lone stars date, arkansas and primary runoff tonight. >> guest: you have a member of the bush family george p. h who is running for state attorney general in texas. he is an underdog to the senate republican attorney general in that state so that is a premier race. there's a primary in texas 28 which is a south texas state. those seats have eventually towards republicans particularly in 2020. you've got henry cuellar who is one of probably the most conservative hou

trump to texas republicans means what? rest of the nation. i mean, they're growing increasingly conservative as a cycle goes by. he's -- texas has an independent streak with their political looders, both reason and democrat. trump has been able to step in and sort of knock that out of the way, and become the leader of the party. and it comes at a time when the bush brand, of course, and george p. bush is the heir of that. it started with the tea party movement and accelerated when trump began to dominate the republican party. >> we talked about this race earlier, but in the primary, the democratic congressman was not able to get above 50%. he has to run again against cisneros. a progressive against a moderate. immigration and abortion issues. >> i'm looking at what parts of the district wins out. san antonio is more liberal. more progressive leaning but you have areas in that district when you get south to loredo, they're more moderate and conserve ativ. you have catholic hispanics. will roe v. wade energize cisneros or be

yes, yes maybe trump helps in primaries. in republicanies with the most extreme members of that party. but we've seen it time and again. donald trump helps somebody in the primaries, they get to general elections and what do they do? the same thing that donald trump did. they lose. donald trump got crushed in the 2018 midterms. and of course donald trump more than anybody else helped the democrats take control of the united states senate. ask republicans in georgia, they will tell you that they would have want both of those senate races in 2020 and mitch mcconnell would have been running the united states senate but for donald trump. so, yeah, i know a lot of democrats were glad when trump got banned from twitter. but actually the best thing for the democrats would be if he got become on twitter. if he kept running his mouth. if he kept sending out stupid tweets. because it would remind those voters who voted for republicans up and down the ballot that votered for joe biden in 2020 exactly why they did that. more trump, means less republi

georgia republicans had to the polls in a heated primary animated by former president trump's lies about the 2020 election. >> there is a fight for the republican party donald trump is still an important figure to georgia republicans but what that popularity means is going to be talked about. judy: and another disease. multiple countries report cases of the highly contagious monkeypox virus as nation still struggle to contain covid-19. all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> it's. the reminders of what's important. it's why fidelity dedicated advisors are here to help you create a wealth plan. a plan with tax sensitive investg strategies. planning focused on tomorrow, while you focus on today. that's the planning effect, from fidelity. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation. for more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting

trump on the right. and we should stop imagining that there is. the republican party is trump's party, i know it, you know i, and all those so members of the gop they may not want to know it the evidence of trumpian extreme in dominance is there for anyone willing to look, meanness some supporters blew it in turn their backs on trump and met with odds at that rally intended to boost the tv doctors senate bid in pennsylvania this weekend. the reason why they seem to be opposed to -- is because oz is an extreme enough. or some might speculate white enough either, but let's talk, let's not exaggerate resistance to trump sway over the republican party right now it's akin to a cult. this past week trump managed to eke out ohio's rather -- for j.d. mandel, excuse me j.d. vance who's trailing in that way, -- still, while they don't hold much power that doesn't mean that there aren't a handful maybe two handfuls of republicans who are still willing to speak out against trump. we should recognize that, and recognize that there is no doubt heard of adam kinzinger for exam

than will say so in public, he sees trump as a threat to the american democracy and to the republicant the way he's going to try to deal with trump is to ignore him and trust that the president, as mcconnell said to a number of people, lose altitude over time, just because people will kind of move on and look to the future. and from where we stand today, that doesn't look like a wager that has particularly panned out. >> spent a lot of time on the right side of the aisle. let's go to the left side of the aisle, and the biden agenda. you outlined all the back and forth on build back better. in some of your report, in the summary of your reporting, jonathan, who you would you say is to blame for the death? >> in our government, the president is not only the head of state and commander in chief, he's the leader of his or her party. joe biden is the leader of the democratic party. it's on him to corral the narrowest of congressional majorities. he did so in the opening months of his presidency, passing the american rescue plan, passing this sweeping bill for infrastructure, but he could n

no. >> i don't think you can trust donald trump with anything he says. >> it is, you know, if you go back to 2015 and 2016 and what a lot of republicanstape. >> you could use the whole hour to play all the things ted cruz said about donald trump, and every other republican. it's true. but it seems as though we'll see what happens with the actual results. it seems as though it is the issue is what you were saying that sort of maga voter is not the maga man. >> hit the pause for a second in this situation and take you to the pentagon. mark milley given an update on russia's war in ukraine including what weapons other countries are willing to bring to the fight. >> limits on how they can be used either in crimea or the donbas. and general milley, can you -- the army the other day said it's going to take about 18 months to replenish some of the stocks they sent in the drawdown. specifically javelins. what is the risk to the u.s. military as it goes forward on weapons systems and other things that may be now going to ukraine that the u.s. needs, and as you send more complex weapons into ukraine, is there a need to send u.s. special forces

trump endorsed republican congressman ted budd, against a former judge terry beasley, in idaho we saw a trump endorsement failed today, government -- allegedly his right, there you see is not even close. and we begin this hour, as we did the last, and we do so many moments of election night, with kornacki at the big board. steve? >> it is the closest thing we've been following all night, this republican primary for the senate in pennsylvania. this is not gonna sound like a lot, but it's significant. the website in montgomery county, and we've been telling you how these websites sometimes -- no one has not yet. these websites come up with new numbers out, before they actually get into our system, it is again the case here in montgomery county. folks montgomery, county have just within the last minute or to put up a new update on their website of more votes being counted. again -- home county on the ballot, they've been running 12 here, the bottom line from this new update from montgomery, we should get into our system pretty quickly, is that oz is going to net an additional 354 votes o

it would not surprise you to learn that donald trump immediately issued a statement of support as he does for basically all republicant unfortunately for congressman 14, barry trump was no longer president by the time he issued a statement of support, he couldn't pardon him like he did all the other and that republicans of the trump era. three months after the initial administer foreign barry powell's wife and his dogs to pick up again and announced that never mind the federal charges against, him he would be running for reelection. , he said he'd be running for reelection in that his trial got underway in march. and when his trial got underway, he became the first sitting member of congress to stand ahead of trial on over two decades. the jury convicted him on three felony accounts. the only deliberated for two hours. then and only then did republican leadership finally give him a shove out the door. you can't be in prison and in congress. it's a david line in the final, and that's the line. because of jeff 14 various recent return, voters in nebraska's first congressional district are going to the polls tomorrow. i

gonzales was one of ten republicans who voted to impeach trump a second time. and miller, one despite being accused of slapping his ex girlfriend. he denies those allegations. in many ways, the republican party is still the party of trump. and, boy, has he backed quite a candidate for nebraska's governor. his name is charles herbster. is a conservative businessman who's donated more than 1 million dollars to trump's campaigns. he also attended trump's stop the steal rally on january 6th. you know, the one where he incited insurrection. and then there are the sexual assault allegations from eight women that her groped them, including when you served as a beauty pageant judge. one of the allegations comes from nebraska republican state senator julie slow-mo. >> i was groped at a political event by someone who is not a member of this body, and not a current or former officeholder. >> she is speaking on the floor of the legislature are back in the february. he spoke up more saying in the statement, she was not gonna deny the truth. that charles harpster, a candidate

after trump won, like the rest of the republican establishment, the club came around and became one of his most vociferous supporters. however, the club still does adhere to perhaps a greater degree of ideological rigor than president trump when selecting candidates, and the club has been onboard for josh mandel since the very beginning of this race. they were very clear that no matter who the president enors doered, the former president endorsed, they would be sticking by josh mandel. and so this has become one of the few race rahs where the club and trump have have diverged and are now very much going at it in a public way. we're not necessarily used to since the 2016 rex. >> host: and we'll see how much more tonight. georgia republican senate debate is being hosted by the atlanta press club. 7 p.m. eastern is when that is, and you can watch it on c-span, c-span.org and on the free c-span now video app. what will you beap looking for n thatat debate? >> guest: the georgia senate race, herschel walker, the former university of georgia football star, heisman trophy winner,, endorsed by

including a republican state senator. trumporting this guy that he held a rally for him last weekend in nebraska. so the guy was innocent and said the groping allegations from the eight different women, despicable. he called the allegation, despicable. not the alleged behavior. so, tomorrow's not a good day for the republican party in nebraska. no matter how they do in the polls. but it's not just nebraska, there is more, there's much more. to a point that it's getting with. and that story is next. stay with us. with us do your eyes bother you? because after all these emails my eyes feel like a combo of stressed, dry and sandpaper. luckily, there's biotrue hydration boost eye drops for instant moisture. biotrue uses naturally inspired ingredients. and no preservatives. try biotrue my auntie called me. she said uncle's had and a heart attack.s. i needed him to be here. your heart isn't just yours. protect it with bayer aspirin. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. power e*trade gives you an award-w

jd vance riding his last minute trump endorsement to win the senate republican primary there. his was a highly watched race and was viewed by some as a kind of test of trump's power in a key state. some of the initial reaction from some pundits argues that vance winning shows donald trump in charge. and yet it is a lot more complicated than that. indeed, there are signs of some vulnerabilities within maga here once you get past some of the headlines in reporting. >> this is a victory for jd vance. and also a victory you cannot sugar coat this for donald trump as well. >> voters turned out for trump backed candidates in many cases. >> i think the guy everybody trump blessed won. >> it shows trump still has significant sway within the republican party. >> almost like a tweet the president would have written himself if he were still allowed to tweet, which he may be again soon. but you get past that kind of simple sloganeering donald trump jump in and the trump guy won, while there was a last minute endorsement while it helped was not the only factor. trump has been trying to jump

election night because that's what it is, polls in ohio just closed a major test of trump's grip over the republicanseat eyes are on three candidates, jd vance who trump encoursed, mandel also a trump supporter and state senator matt dolan who wants trump to stop pushing, quote, lies about the election, so one not like the others. and getting the first votes in from ohio, only 3% reporting so far so i want to emphasize that so far but with that 3% reporting, jd vance in the lead at 26%, dolan at 25, and mandel at 21, so a lead but obviously extremely close and only 3%. "outfront" in cincinnati, jeff, trump was in ohio over the weekend to campaign for jd vance. is there a sense of how large trump is looming over this election as we're just starting to see the results tick in now? >> reporter: erin, no doubt the former president is looming very large. yes he was here in ohio, it was actually about two weekends ago but in television ads, you can really not turn on the tv here, every few moments, president trump's voice is on, tabbing that endorsement for jd vance, before the endorsement, jd vance was i

democrats are demanding action on gun control, while trump and republican lawmakers are set to address the national rifle association's annual meeting friday in houston. we will speak with nicole golden of texas gun sense, michael spies, and with manny oliver, father of joaquin, one of 17 students killed in the 2018 massacre at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. >> this is not only an issue that happened in a parkland, right now while we are talking, there's another shooter planning to do this -- actually, maybe right now someone just died because of it. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. 19 children and two teachers were shot dead at an elementary school in texas in the city of alde on tuesday. the attack on the robb elementary school was carried out by an 18-year-old who attended uvalde high school. families have begun sharing the names of some of the victims. they include nine-year-old uziyah garcia. nine-year-old amerie jo garza. 10-year-old jose flores. 10-year-old xavie

republican congressman carlos ka bio. thank you for coming on the show. good to see you again. donald trump has turned republican primaries into a toxic show about who can lie more about election fraud. that's the key to getting his endorsement. how do you think that dynamic will republican not in primaries but in the general election in november. >> that's right. that's the concern. this is no longer a race to the bottom. this is a race to hell because it's all about who can lie the most and with most passion and most consistently. that is the process now for getting through republican primaries. you want to get mr. trump's support? how do you do by embracing a lie in a passionate, obvious way he can see. get his support and then hopefully win the primary. now, if you win the primary, and you're in a super red district, well, that's okay. you're probably going to make it to congress. if you're in a swing district, that's where it's a little more complicated because then you have to pivot quickly and convince those independents and maybe some moderate democrats that might be up for grabs th

the way to get the nominees tonight, you mention the free for all on the republican side. donald trump oz. mccormick, more a typical republican, lot of trump aides work for him. kathy barnette, the surprise surging candidate. the question is can she win. when polls close, we look down here. philadelphia and the counties. montgomery chester, bucks county. 30% of the state population here. there are a lot of republicans that live in the suburbs. how do they vote. do they break for one candidate. and here in the t, this is conservative country. all gray now because we have no votes yet. go back in time, wolf. this is where donald trump runs it up, in pennsylvania in the rural counties. does that endorsement for dr. oz make a difference, do trump voters support dr. oz or does kathy barnette who campaigns saying she's the true trumpy. when you count votes, watch philadelphia and the suburbs and watch this swathe of rural counties, see if one candidate can break out. >> and we, of course, will be checking in with you throughout the night. very important night. there's also attention on other

in a lot of ways, he's fortified himself in the republican party. donald trumpr reached in georgia as well. he eendorsed candidates against republican incumbent governor, attorney general, secretary of state and i think from the republicans i talked to, there was a back lash against the sheer breath of him coming in and essentially putting the scarlet letter on all of their republican officials. but i think it would be ea mistake to read what is probably going to be a disappointing night for him as a sign that his influence has waned, especially around the claims of election fraud and the kind of candidates looking to control the 2024 elections. >> well get to the overall picture in a moment. but first perdue wrapped up his campaign about w a racist remark about stacey abrams. >> when she etold black farmers you don't need be to on the farm and told black workers you don't need to be -- she is demeaning her own race. i am really over this. she should never be considered materialal material for governor of any state. >> why go this route at this point in the camp

republican politics. greg abbott was there before trump. sure, trump has some influence on it. exas are moving more to the right. can a bush succeed? george p. moved there. the most fascinating thing for me, however this goes tonight, what is thanksgiving dinner like in the bush family. donald trump savaged jeb bush, his son, george p. running in texas has given him a big hug. it would be interesting for people who studied these things, we had the kennedys, you know, we haven't -- the bushes on the republican side, do we have a cycle where there is no bush in office, no bush on the ballot, and what does that mean? one thing it means is the -- both parties are going through transformational changes now. and sometimes they take 10 or 15 years to go through them. the republican party is in the middle of one, not started by trump, but put on steroids by trump and we're watching it play out. can a bush -- what does a bush have to do to fit into that party? one of the tests. >> john, we need your magic wall-like analysis of something that happened at a baseball game last night. i beli

trump lost. he lost. and the republicansut how don trump has lost control over the party. no. the republicans have given him that authority. they continue to give ham that kind of loyalty. following him the way they do. i think that elise stefanik and all of others in congress are the perfect examples of that. you know what katie? there are a lot of other races outside of these ones that we are following so closely, on the air. we look at, people on the phones coming up this year and two years from now. people like christian knew, a governor in new hampshire, who has run his entire political career on being a moderate. i'm being pro-choice. i'm being a pro-choice republican, things like this. when he is constantly trying to keep one foot on each side of the donald trump line. we are getting to a point where there is just not going to work for these republicans anymore. >> i have run out of time. it is always makes me upset, because i always want to keep on talking. basil michael, jennifer horn, thank you both so much. it was

several times before, also was seeking the support of the federal president, saying he is a trump republicanhis party is dividing loyalties among four candidates. we're hearing from republicans we've been talking to on the ground here that matt dolan, ohio state senator, only republican not seeking trump's enforcement may be gaining ground in the days here consolidating the establishment republican scrvote if you will, in the 30 minutes or see we'll see if the former president has the ability to be a king maker if you will, and every month in may, a critical race, ohio, pennsylvania, goeorgia and beyod to test the strength of the former president, certainly, with jd vance, seeing if he can collect that and declare a victory. >> we will find out in the next few hours. jeff, thank you for that report. thanks to our viewers, i'm wolf blitzer in the "the situation room," erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, protests growing across the country after the leak of that draft opinion from the supreme court overturning row v wade, plus explosions reported in se

the committee wants to know more about a tour that republican congressman gave the day before pro-trump rioters storm the capitol. they want to know the purpose of that tour and they say they have evidence that directly contradicts previous claims by republicans that they were quote, there were no tours, no large groups. no one where maga hats on in the capitol before january 6th. the congressman says a constituent family with young children meeting with their member of congress in the house office buildings is not a suspicious group or reconnaissance tour. the family never entered the capitol building. that is happening as sources tell cnn the former attorney general bill barr has agreed to testify under oath behind closed doors. remember he said, month before the violence at the capitol there was no evidence of voter fraud that could have swung the election. there's still counting the votes in pennsylvania where the gop senate primary is looking more and more like it is headed for a recount. trump backed tv doc oz has a razor thin lead over dave mccormick. look at that. 1,084 votes ah

trump said yesterday, oz should declare victory. can you help me find on the desk the stack of republican statements condemning donald trump? there are none. >> they're all still afraid of him, obviously. i mean, i think republicans are looking at not just 2022 in pennsylvania but also 2024. this is a guy who they're concerned if he goes out there and keeps talking about 2022, he might not just hurt his own race, but this could be a problem for whoever is the republican candidate in 2024. i think one of the really interesting things that i was reading about as the primary was happening was now democrats were also boosting mastriano. they wanted him as their candidate because they thought he was so bad and he is the most likely to be defeated in the governor's race. so they sent out mailers. they boosted him on television. and they got the candidate they want. the question is is he going to be as bad as republicans think he's going to be, or is the atmosphere so good for republicans that this guy could be the next governor in naming the person who overseeing elections in 2024. >> it's a risky calculation. republican voters ha

will happen tuesday in the pennsylvania senate republican primary? trumpf course supported the celebrity dr. oz. there are questions about whether oz can pull it off. he is in a tight three-way race there. there is the north carolina republican senate primary. he has backed a cumbersome and going up against the former -- a congressman going up against the former governor there in a tight race. etherrg griiaaneo kemp. hadhey- who they had served with for some time, they don't recognize the man on the campaign trail espousing the same baseless conspiracy theories that donald trump did, that the 2020 election was stolen, that there was widespread fraud tt caused him the election. -- cost him the election. he had to do that to win donald trump's support. judy: we remember he was being loyal to the president when he was in the senate. finally, the white house has to be watching all this with some interest? seung min: very much so. what has been interesting to me is how much they tried to use that maga messaging over the last several weeks, especially at this we

. >>> in 60 seconds, the first big test of the midterms and donald trump's pow over the republican party unfolding tonight. >>> former president donald trump power as a gop king maker is being put to the test tonight. can he still swing tight races? vaughn hilliard is in ohio for the start of a contentious midterm primary season. >> reporter: the first major test of trump's political influence post-presidency. today in ohio, how much credit will trump deserve if you pull off the win? >> a lot. >> reporter: j.d. vance jumping to first place in the polls after winning over donald trump's endorsement last month. >> we have to put j.d. vance in the u.s. senate. >> trump put his backing behind j.d. vance. that proves to be a big deal for me and -- >> did you change your mind when? >> about a week and a half ago. >> reporter: but the crowded republican race is close in the final hours. state lawmaker matt dolan a dark horse, the one candidate to draw trump's ire. >> my opponents took a different tact, went for one vote. >> reporter: saying the gop should move past trump's 2020 election conspir